Baguio beans with ground pork also called ginisang sitaw (sautéed string beans) are a Filipino staple food. This dish is easy to prepare that in just 10 minutes you can have a healthy, delicious and balanced meal for your family. My green beans recipe is so easy to follow that you don’t have to be an expert in the kitchen to make this dish. Green beans also known as snap
Kutsinta is one of the most food cravings in the Philippines for it’s a tasty and scrumptious native delicacy. This steamed rice cake filled with flours and a dash of sugar is packed with a large amount of carbohydrates to replace lost energy after tiring hours and to engage again in different kinds of activities. Its shiny texture on the outside and a sticky texture inside resulted by lye water
This delightful palitaw captivates a lot of people because of its distinctive taste and its plump consistency. These chewy dumplings can find especially in public markets and churchyards. Traditionally, It is mostly made of glutinous rice which is soaked in water overnight, then milled to make a dough which is also used in other native rice cakes such as bibingka, suman, espasol, sapin-sapin and puto. This glutinous rice has a
Tinolang manok or Chicken Ginger Stew with Vegetables is a kind of a chicken soup filled with green papaya, malunggay leaves, chili plant leaves and/or sayote. The juice from a simmered chicken with ginger, garlic and onion makes the soup more interesting to consume. It makes the soup richer in flavor and natural. It’s good and so flavorful; the ginger gives a distinct flavor in this food making a big
Graham Balls are so sweet and soft dessert you can munch all day and all night long. This heavenly soft yummy nom noms is just a dessert you can’t refuse to eat. Its texture, its taste, its color, its appearance and all its personality make it so attractive and easier to be liked. This favorite sweet course is made by just using marshmallow as its body, covered by a rich
How to make ice cream? That’s the question that popped in my head one hot Sunday afternoon while watching a TV commercial about ice cream of different flavors. My mouth literally watered when the endorser deliciously savor the thick chocolate flavored ice cream and put a teaspoonful on her mouth. Buying a liter of ice cream can be costly, especially for those who have big family like mine. I‘ll be
Pastillas Recipe Pastillas or pastillas de leche is a sweet candy with a succulent flavor of milk. Its rich flavor and its soft consistency make you crave for more. This lush dessert has a lot of ways to make. Different in size, on shape, and sometimes in process and in many other characteristics, but the most important is that whatever kind of sweet milk candies you have, they still have
The concert of this dessert is now starting! If you want to eat a banana with a twist, try this Philippine-made turon. It is a dessert made of a sliced banana WRAPPED and ROLLED in a spring roll wrapper and then deep frying it. Its sweetness and its crunch sound so delightful to eat. People add jackfruit too. It gives a special distinct flavor and aroma that is so attractive
If you want an easy and quick chicken dish (aside from chicken adobo) well, why don’t you try Pininyahang Manok? This creamy and sweet, with a hint of sourness from the pineapple, chicken recipe will surely give you a delightful dinner the whole family will enjoy. Best paired with steamy, freshly cooked rice and you’ll soon have a happy tummy! Pininyahang Manok is an easy-to-cook and very simple (also popular)
When I was a kid, I used to despise eggplants. They taste funny and they smell funny, too. I always thought that eggplants tasted horrible—even without actually eating one. My mother would always try to bribe me to eat my eggplants, but I always declined no matter how much ice cream or chocolate she promised to get me. I was adamant about my personal childhood war against all eggplants. I
Daing na Bangus is an easy fish recipe you can prepare anytime of the day. This recipe is milkfish marinated in the blend of vinegar, salt, garlic and pepper. Although the name of this dish is “Daing na Bangus”, it is not prepared the way other salted and dried fish are preserved. Vinegar helps to preserve the fish. This method comes handy especially to those who can’t go to the
Dynamite Sticks, also known as Dynamite Rolls, Chili Cheese Sticks or Dynamite Spring Rolls, is one of my favorite finger foods now. Oh, don’t worry. Dynamite is just a term we used for this recipe, but this is absolutely non-explosive. This crunchy, tasty and a lil bit spicy finger food is a perfect partner for beer. Filled with ground meat (any kind of meat) and cheese, this can make any
Mangoes taste so much better with Sautéed Shrimp Paste (Ginisang Bagoong). I love how the Bagoong can add so much oomph to the mango without being to overpowering the flavour. Although, some of my friends argue that eating Sautéed Shrimp Paste can give you bad breath and sometimes, Sautéed Shrimp Paste can be too fishy, I still love pairing it with sliced mangoes. It’s hard to find the perfect Sautéed
Puso ng Saging Patties Video Recipe Now you can watch video of this recipe at you tube Banana Blossom Patties – I have a friend who is a vegetarian. Now, I don’t have anything against them, but I couldn’t really imagine living the rest of my life without ever eating chicken, fish, pork and beef. However, as much as I love meat, I am also very intrigued by the vegetarians’
Adobo is a very popular Filipino dish. It is done by stewing chicken—or any other meat—in vinegar and soy sauce. It is known for its distinct scent and flavor. Adobo has becoming a very popular dish with people all over the world starting to enjoy the savory, salty and sour goodness only found in this dish! I love Chicken Adobo. I like the tender and juicy chicken in that
Pork sinigang – I have a strong penchant for things that are sour and salty. I love the feeling of something sour on my tongue and the way the sourness seem to travel down my throat as well. That being said, I love the tangy and savory flavor of Pork Sinigang. It is so awesome and great that I literally can’t find words to describe it. We can’t put a
Pancit Palabok is one of my most favorite dishes. Love the orange sauce and the different toppings. I love the different mix of textures and flavors in every bite. I eat Pancit Palabok as much as I can. When I throw parties, you can be sure that Pancit Palabok will always be present on my table. I also order it when I eat out—my favorite is in Jollibee. Pancit Palabok
Chicken Afritada – it’s tasty and juicy chicken and the different vegetables in it. Chicken afritada is a dish in a beautiful tomato sauce. It mainly has carrots, potatoes and bell peppers, but you can go crazy and add more things like hotdog, peas and pineapples! It’s a well-loved dish by a lot of Filipinos and every family and every region have their own special way of making it. (You can
